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What is the best manual for understanding the basics of `nm`?
- From: Peng Yu <pengyu dot ut at gmail dot com>
- To: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 22:05:00 -0600
- Subject: What is the best manual for understanding the basics of `nm`?
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Hi,
I am trying to understand `nm`. But it mentions quite some technical
terms (e.g., "initialized data section", ELF, "text (code) section").
Is there a manual that describes all the background knowledge
necessary for understanding `nm` and other binutils tools? Thanks.
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Regards,
Peng